--- /dev/null
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More qw(no_plan);
+use FindBin;
+
+use lib ("$FindBin::Bin/lib", "$FindBin::Bin/../lib");
+use Test::Rest;
+
+use_ok 'Catalyst::Test', 'Test::Serialize';
+
+# Should use the default serializer, YAML
+my $t = Test::Rest->new('content_type' => 'text/x-yaml');
+
+my $has_serializer = eval "require YAML::Syck";
+SKIP: {
+ skip "YAML::Syck not available", 4, unless $has_serializer;
+
+ # We should use the default serializer, YAML
+ my $monkey_template = {
+ monkey => 'likes chicken!',
+ };
+ my $mres = request($t->get(url => '/monkey_get'));
+ ok( $mres->is_success, 'GET the monkey succeeded' );
+ is_deeply(YAML::Syck::Load($mres->content), $monkey_template, "GET returned the right data");
+
+ my $post_data = {
+ 'sushi' => 'is good for monkey',
+ };
+ my $mres_post = request($t->post(url => '/monkey_put', data => YAML::Syck::Dump($post_data)));
+ ok( $mres_post->is_success, "POST to the monkey succeeded");
+ is_deeply($mres_post->content, "is good for monkey", "POST data matches");
+};
+
+1;